This is a book about how kindness worked for me-and how it can work for you. It's the story of how being kind took me from a poor, tough neighborhood in New York-with parents who never went to college and struggled to earn a barely subsistence living-to building a wildly successful, multi-billion-dollar publicly traded business, a storybook marriage, and a family life overflowing with love.

The media, risk-taking entrepreneurs, and high-profile politicians frequently dismiss and debase qualities like compassion, kindness, and empathy. But the truth is, it pays to be kind, and in this book, I'm going to show you how that's possible.

Along with learning about the powers of perseverance, personal connection, contributing to society, surrounding yourself with an A-Team, and healthy business practices, you'll discover how being kind can be a critical instrument for true success-with pay-offs financial and beyond.

How can kindness make a comeback as an essential component of being a successful person? How can we make kindness fundamental to being a good citizen in a democracy?

The short answer is: We can do it-one person at a time.